Ghana Is Ready To Beat Malaria
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the effective execution of the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Control, as well as the introduction of other innovative strategies means “Ghana stands...
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Malaria Prevention Integral To Ghana Beyond Aid Agenda – First Lady
The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has stated that taking the necessary steps, to vigorously fight malaria will have positive implications for human development and business and economic growth...
TI Amass Beats KNUST SHS In Breast Cancer Quiz
T. I Ahmadiyya Senior High School has emerged winners of the first ever Breast Cancer Quiz competition with 107 points, beating closest contender KNUST SHS, who had 96 points. Kumasi Girls SHS placed...
HIV, Stroke Killing Scores In Koforidua
Medical doctors at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua are alarmed over increasing death cases related to stroke, HIV, Pneumonia and heart related diseases in the region. Other prominent...
Kumasi Makes Progress In Reduction of Teenage Pregnancy
Sustained adolescent health education campaign mounted by the Kumasi Metropolitan Health Directorate to help bring down teenage pregnancy is paying off. Dr. Mrs. Alberta Biritwum Nyarko, the...
GUTA Cautions Government Over New Levies and Taxes
Dr Joseph Obeng, the National President of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA), has asked Government not to introduce any new levies and taxes that would take them out of business....
Alcoholism Rife Among Pregnant Women In Dormaa West District
Mrs Veronica Asamoah Tortor, the Dormaa West District Director of Health, has expressed worry about alcohol abuse among pregnant women in the District. She said the unhealthy lifestyle of the...
Neglect of Ghanaian Cultural Values Causing Indiscipline In Society
Mr Rockson Ayine Bukari, the Upper East Regional Minister has attributed growing indiscipline in Ghana to modernisation and wholesale adoption of foreign cultural values and practices. According to...
Grace For Impart Embarks On Free Medical Outreach In Ga West
An international non-governmental organization, Grace For Impart has embarked on a two-day medical outreach at Medie and Amasaman in the Ga West Municipality. The NGO in its effort to assist the...
Ghanaian Doctor Carries Out Surgery At Kumasi Hospital
A Ghanaian doctor at a hospital in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Dr. Samuel Amanamah, has successfully carried out Ghana’s first penile implant, here in the country. According to reports from the Peace...
Traders At Dome Market Have High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
Their condition have been blamed on long hours of sitting and their inability to have regular medical checks due to the nature of their jobs, medical officials from the Ministry of Health and the Ga...
Ghana Making Progress In Malaria Fight – Survey
The 2016 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey report has been launched in Accra. The report shows Ghana is making progress in the fight against Malaria. However, a lot more needs to be done to achieve...
Malaria Prevalence Reduces Marginally
Malaria prevalence among children under age five has decreased from 27 per cent to 21 per cent. This is according to the 2016 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey which was conducted by the Ghana...
Ghana Making Progress In Malaria Fight
The 2016 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey report has been launched in Accra. The report shows Ghana is making progress in the fight against Malaria. However, a lot more needs to be done to achieve...
Headway On AIDS Threatened By Funding Slowdown
Progress in beating back the AIDS epidemic risks being eroded by a funding shortfall set to grow under Donald Trump's proposed cuts to global health projects, experts and campaigners warned ahead of...
Aid and Conditionality: Enhancing Good Governance In Sub-Saharan Africa
The persistent low state of development in sub-Saharan Africa has become a global challenge. Academics and think-tanks continue to search for solutions to Africa’s longstanding problems....
Malaria Rates Plunge In The Gambia
The Gambia could become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate malaria, reports Reuters. The prevalence of the malaria parasite in children under five has plunged to 0.2% from 4 % in...
Nigerian Camps Under Strain From Returning Refugees
An upsurge in Boko Haram attacks and returnees from Cameroon are stretching camps for those made homeless by the conflict to breaking point, as the UN warned against forcing people back to northeast...
Africa Gets Generic Version of Most Effective HIV Drug
The generic version of the most advanced drug against HIV has been introduced in Kenya, a first in Africa where more than 25 million have the disease, the NGO Unitaid said Wednesday. The drug,...
Ex Gitmo Detainee Bin Atef Down With Malaria – Lawyer
Aside from the strain of the uncertainty of his continued stay in Ghana and dealing with separation from his wife, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef, one of the ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees being hosted...